Proverbs 26:21

All About Fools

²⁰ For lack of wood the fire goes out,
And where there is no whisperer, contention quiets down.
²¹ Like charcoal to hot embers and wood to fire,
So is a contentious man to kindle strife.
²² The words of a whisperer are like dainty morsels,
And they go down into the innermost parts of the body.

Burning Coals

Contentious Man

Proverbs 15:18

A hot-tempered man stirs up strife,
But the slow to anger calms a dispute.

Proverbs 29:22

An angry man stirs up strife,
And a hot-tempered man abounds in transgression.

2 Samuel 20:1

Now a worthless fellow happened to be there whose name was Sheba, the son of Bichri, a Benjamite; and he blew the trumpet and said,
“We have no portion in David,
Nor do we have inheritance in the son of Jesse;
Every man to his tents, O Israel!”

1 Kings 12:2-3

Now when Jeroboam the son of Nebat heard of it, he was living in Egypt (for he was yet in Egypt, where he had fled from the presence of King Solomon).

1 Kings 12:20

It came about when all Israel heard that Jeroboam had returned, that they sent and called him to the assembly and made him king over all Israel. None but the tribe of Judah followed the house of David.

Psalm 120:4

Sharp arrows of the warrior,
With the burning coals of the broom tree.

Proverbs 10:12

Hatred stirs up strife,
But love covers all transgressions.

Proverbs 30:33

For the churning of milk produces butter,
And pressing the nose brings forth blood;
So the churning of anger produces strife.